- #1 1453: Fall of Constantinople
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows · Mac
Constantinople, 1453. Four witnesses — a janissary, a baker's daughter, an engineer, a noble — live the same 53 days of the siege. Choices cross between their stories, and the city remembers. An illustrated, choice-driven historical novel where every ending is someone's truth.
Why similar: Historical 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Female Protagonist 13.2%
- #2 Brageskålen
96% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Veøya in the Viking Age and solve a dangerous mystery with cunning and song!
Why similar: Historical 29.3%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.7%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #3 A Day in the Palace
96% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Travel to Poland in 1772, experience life as a servant, and solve a mystery at court!
Why similar: Historical 39.1%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Casual 6.8%
- #4 The Zoo
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R ButtonPub: Hierarch Games
Windows · Mac
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Dark 6.7%
- #5 Mycorrhiza
94% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Distorted WanderersPub: Tim Reichert
Windows · Mac · Linux
A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Dark 12.6%
- #6 Echoes of Chang'an
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: N Studio
Windows · Mac
Echoes of Chang'an is a Chinese-style mystery visual novel developed by NSTUDIO. You play as the adopted son of the renowned mid-Tang general Duan Xiushi who is unexpectedly drawn into an inescapable conspiracy that threatens the fate of the Tang Dynasty while carrying out a mission.
Why similar: Historical 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #7 BURN
93% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Convict Games
Windows
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
Why similar: Visual Novel 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.3%
- #8 Broken Bonds
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victorian Games
Windows
A visual novel about detective William Beckett, investigating the case of a servant uprising in the ducal house of "Gentry." Together with intern Michelle Rouge, William must delve deep into the country's political life to uncover the secrets. Gather evidence, take notes, and analyze the information
Why similar: Historical 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.7%
- #9 The Widow's Boutique
91% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Tidvis Games
Windows · Mac
Step into a small town society of the 1820s in this historically accurate visual novel, filled with drama, dresses and danger.
Why similar: Historical 27.2%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 10%
- #10 Jessica's Choices - Forced [Episode 1]
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoAdventures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your story continues right where Origins left off. Whether Jessica finds herself wandering the streets alone, caught in George’s web of deceit, or trapped in the unsettling confines of Margaret Thatuals under Professor Trounch’s watchful gaze and the orderlies, every choice matters.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Female Protagonist 18%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%
- #11 Canceled
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: None
Windows
Why similar: Historical 19.5%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 12.4%
- #12 POPULARITY CONTEST
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ScrythaDev
Windows · Mac
Elena and 7 familiar faces are trapped in a room, and the only way out is to choose one person to die. Navigate social relationships and gain trust to steer the spotlight away from you, or else they just might decide you should be the one on the chopping block.
Why similar: Mystery 18.6%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%
- #13 The Judge
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Team Syukino
Windows
Take down multiple criminals case by case as you judge each and every one of them. Will you be naughty or nice? The final verdict is up to you!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #14 Parasite in Love
88% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows
Infected with the parasite commonly known as the “brain eating amoeba”, you have 10 days left before your death. One of the symptoms is hallucinations. And through that, “he” starts to talk and confesses his love to you. Can you convince the parasite to leave your body before it’s too late?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Dark 11%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
- #15 Kino
87% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Lacking Finesse Games
Windows
Odesa, 1929. A woman wakes up. This will be her last morning. An all-powerful film camera forces her to watch her life again. Can she find what was missing? A very short choose-your-own-adventure based on Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Historical 18.3%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%
- #16 Mr. Mueller's Grand Experiment
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Scott Tipton
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an engrossing interactive novel, live as the assistant to a remarkable historical figure: George Mueller, a man who witnessed orphans dying young in the streets of 1830's England and decided he would care for them, no matter the cost.
Why similar: Historical 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Visual Novel 16.8%, Multiple Endings 9%
- #17 Black Rope Hell - Ximen Qing
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kingsize Games
Windows · Mac
《黑绳话·西门庆》是一款取材自《金瓶梅》与《水浒传》的中式暗黑互动叙事游戏。你将化身徘徊生死之间的西门庆,在阳谷城重走酒、色、财、气四道黑绳,于开放街区、亡宅冷房、雨伞铺与酒楼中探查旧债。每次选择都会改变业障、净魂与人物命运;收集三魂七魄,唤醒困于魂瓶中的李瓶儿。与潘金莲、王婆、武松及更多原著人物周旋,通过影像分支、物件回忆、AI人物自由对话与皮影共演,改写熟悉却未必注定的结局。试玩版开放第一结完整轮回。
Why similar: Historical 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
- #18 Witch Hunter: Our Secret
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: artbakeries
Windows
Play as Erwin, a witch hunter navigating a fantasy world of magic and suspicion. Your decisions in this visual novel affect friendships, trust, and multiple story outcomes. Choose wisely—the fate of your journey rests with you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 21.9%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Dark 7.2%
- #19 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
84% matchPositive92% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Nico HPub: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Mystery 17.5%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #20 Echoes of Pinebridge
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Koalu Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
After a transfer student enters his life, college senior Kent begins suffering fainting spells and hearing voices. Navigate friendships, secrets, and a growing supernatural mystery in this choice-driven visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Mystery 12%
- #21 荧惑焚心录Yinghuo
83% match7 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: DongmianYueqiu
Windows
明末题材文字冒险游戏。背景为崇祯死后第二年(1645),你将扮演一名火器学者,无意中捡到了前朝公主,一场涉及复仇与真相、战乱与选择的旅途就此展开。约17万字剧情,有4个不同走向的结局和多个死亡结局。
Why similar: Historical 27.7%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Dark 11.5%
- #22 Chronicles of Humanity
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yun Games
Windows
Chronicles of Humanity is an expanding anthology of historical visual novels. Enter different eras, weigh conflicting testimony under political and personal pressure, and shape who is protected, what is recorded, and how each life is remembered. Complete stories are released as separate DLC.
Why similar: Historical 30.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 6.4%
- #23 Future Mirror
82% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: 皐月の夢Pub: LocaGames
Windows
"Ten years from now, I will be dead..." A coming-of-age fantasy adventure tale, Future Mirror is a visual novel that explores fate and the choices that affect our future, tragedy, relationships, and happiness.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #24 Vermin God
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neuroticfly Games
Windows
A grotesque body horror visual novel inspired by SCP-027, play as the young host of the Vermin God. Wake up in a hidden lab with no memories and experience the terror of a mysterious disease turning your body into a living hive for swarms of pests. Make choices to escape the crawling chaos.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Dark 9.5%, Horror 8.5%
- #25 Tale of android after the Apocalypse
80% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Team Moko App.
Windows
Niluas, an android who suddenly activated 276 years after the extinction of humanity. With her AI, Naive, she seeks lost memories, her activation's mystery, and humanity's extinction's cause. Facing enigmatic foes and hostile androids, she quests for truth about her existence and the desolate world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Multiple Endings 13%, Female Protagonist 12.9%
- #26 Cursed Merchant of Kyoto
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aomaru works
Windows · Mac
Dark fantasy shop sim in ancient Kyoto. 4 chapters, 28 turns. On the city's bleak fringes, a disgraced Onmyoji trades cursed goods. Avoid bankruptcy and madness—survive tough resource management. No customer returns. Your sister's secret. Can you withstand the truth? Reach the True End.
Why similar: Historical 25.6%, Mystery 15.2%, Dark 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%
- #27 Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
79% matchVery Positive86% of 264 reviews2023
Dev: Yangyang MobilePub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.6%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Dark 10.5%
- #28 呪霊が見せる夢 / Dreamscapes
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: アイエダゲームズ(Aieda Games)
Windows
Investigate six haunted properties and listen to the voices of spirits trapped in nightmares. Collect fragmented clues and discover the correct combination of names, locations, and vessels. A multi-ending horror adventure where the outcome changes depending on your choices during the ritual.
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Female Protagonist 13.2%
- #29 summer story
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: karol_thegame
Windows · Linux
Summer Story: An adventure game where you investigate and make choices that shape the story.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #30 Pentimento
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fool Bloom Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cast Into A Boundless White Void. Paintings Hunger For Your Story. What Will You Answer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Dark 13.6%, Mystery 13.2%, Multiple Endings 7.6%
- #31 Olga Doesn't Die
74% matchNo user reviews97% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: 4noki
Windows · Mac · Linux
The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise. A historical drama yuri visual novel set during a time of political tumult wherein an immortal finds both love and suffering.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.6%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Dark 9.6%
- #32 Not It: Spookiest Edition
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.7%
- #33 The Wolf of Derevnya
75% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Nightwell Games
Windows · Linux
When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Historical 11.6%
- #34 Pale Flamingos
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mrs. Battle's Games
Windows
Pale Flamingos is a visual novel murder mystery with choices and a branching narrative. The year is 1986; the place, Miami. Florita and Melba, two Cuban grandmothers, are at the Miami Travel Agents' Convention where the owner of St. Neville Airways is found dead. Florita and Melba investigate.
Why similar: Historical 23%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Female Protagonist 14.6%
- #35 Forest of Death Masks
74% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Remnants of mosaic
Windows
Christian Tyler is ready to investigate a new case! Uncover the mystery of the tourist town of Alkelano in our new visual novel.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Dark 9.9%, Casual 7.7%
- #36 Gothic Murder: Adventure That Changes Destiny
76% matchVery Positive96% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
A housemaid takes on a terrifying murder plan in order to protect her lord, whose life is in danger! A romantic mystery that takes place at an earl's manor in 20th-century England. Depending on the selection, the story will branch into different endings.
Why similar: Mystery 24.2%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Female Protagonist 8%
- #37 Rainbow Valley
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Élan
Windows · Mac · Linux
After getting lost in a blizzard you find yourself in Rainbow Valley—a strange mountain with even stranger villagers.
Why similar: Visual Novel 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Cartoon 12%, Dark 10.2%
- #38 7 Deaths 1 Life
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Davter17
Windows · Mac · Linux
A serial killer named Karma has kidnapped 8 criminals and will force you to choose the order in which they are executed. Will you be able to decide who deserves salvation... and who deserves death?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Mystery 11.7%, Dark 9.9%
- #39 Forgive or Finalize
71% matchMixed69% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: 72studio
Windows · Mac
A short-form psychological thriller. Confront the mysterious Finn through a monitor. No strategy or puzzles—and you are given almost no freedom of choice. Simply face the absurd situation and witness the end.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Dark 19.2%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, Mystery 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.3%
- #40 Blackthorn Witch
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: BDOneArt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological horror story set in the town of Blackthorn; a place that lives in constant fear of a witch. The two main suspects? Levi’s mom and sister! His only lifelines to the outside world. Can they live a peaceful life? Or will they be dragged down by the dying town?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Mystery 5.7%
- #41 THE FIFTH MASK
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KafamaGore Games
Windows
A cinematic, choice-driven FMV horror. His friends left him alone in the forest as a prank — then hid among the trees in cheap masks to scare him. But not every mask out there is a friend. Every choice matters. Silence is a choice too.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Dark 8.2%
- #42 Kindred [SnowBound]
71% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Victoria RafaelianPub: Captain Edge Studios
Windows
In this dark romance, horror visual novel, a brutal attack on your village leaves you stranded and vulnerable. Making matters worse is your run-in with the beast of the nearby woods. Will you find a way to escape your demented captor, or will you earn his trust? Choose a side; Don't look back.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Mystery 8%
- #43 少女首領の推理領域 -黄金島の密約-
72% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: orange
Windows · Mac
マフィアが支配する島で、少女の危険な謎解きが始まる――舞台は2002年、大西洋に浮かぶグイムル諸島。マフィアのボスである父を殺された主人公は事件の真相に迫るため、その跡を継ぐ。グイムルには4つのマフィアの縄張りがあり、そこを調べるためには各ボスと交渉して、協力を求めなければならないといった事情があるからだ。時に証拠を武器にマフィア達と渡り合い、時にボスとして守られながら行く先に待ち受けるものは、さらなる事件と島に隠された宝?選択によって、いくつものエンディングに分岐します。
Why similar: Mystery 29.1%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Female Protagonist 23%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, 2D 3.7%
- #44 Reminiscence
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Ambling Alpaca Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the winter of 210 AD, the renowned genius strategist Zhōu Yú died of illness. Qiáo Qīng, his widowed concubine, reminisces on their bittersweet relationship while going through the belongs in their bedroom. The player's choices affect her sentiment, which in turn affects how the game ends.
Why similar: Historical 38.1%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Choices Matter 3.5%
- #45 Victorian Debutante
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Liquid Darkness
Windows · Mac
Simple visual novel in which you play as a young upperclass woman preparing for her debut before the Queen and her royal relatives. All of your decisions lead to one of four very different endings. Who will you become? The jewel of the season or the outcast, never again mentioned by your family?
Why similar: Historical 22.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Female Protagonist 16.2%, Multiple Endings 13.9%
- #46 My Murder
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Second Heart Studio
Windows · Mac
A girl was murdered, and she is the only one still hunting for her killer. The day before her birthday, Han Xiaoxiao woke as a spirit with no memory, three days dead. Possess the living, gather clues, and uncover how you died. But some truths are harder to bear than death itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Mystery 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.4%
- #47 Ukraine War Stories
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,081 reviews2022
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Ukraine War Stories is a set of visual novels about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set in the early months of the war, it tells the stories of civilians trapped on Russian-occupied territory. All stories are based on real events and eyewitness accounts.
Why similar: Historical 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #48 Do you have SALT?
69% matchPositive91% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Sin and SunPub: BRXKENVN
Windows
A girl named Anastasia, who lives in an old multi-story building, decides to leave her apartment. She goes to get some salt to ask her neighbors and find a treasure hidden in this house. But what kind of treasure is this, and is it worth looking for?
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.5%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Dark 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Mystery 11.6%
- #49 a pet shop after dark
69% matchVery Positive89% of 407 reviews2022
Dev: npckc
Windows · Mac · Linux
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Dark 14.5%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #50 Mass of Consumption
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Wayward Woyrm Games
Windows
The church is impatient. The church is hungry. The church is willing to do anything to get you back.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Interactive Fiction 22.4%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Horror 8.2%
- #51 The Long March: 20000 Miles of Journey
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JOX Studio
Windows
A story of a little girl joining the Red Army and finishing the Long March, while discovering her true faith.
Why similar: Historical 37.6%, Visual Novel 26.6%, Multiple Endings 20.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #52 Yotsume God -Reunion-
67% matchVery Positive97% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows
In September of my third year in junior high school, I went with my father to my grandparents' house in the mountains. The place we arrived at was Yotsu Village. It was a small village that had long believed in "Yotsume God". There I meet a mysterious boy.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.5%, Historical 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #53 MINDFUNK In 13 Days
66% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Nari and Sena make sense of a cringeworthy drink called MINDFUNK that predicts their death. Your choices in this psychological horror visual novel will determine how they deal with this MIND****.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.6%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Female Protagonist 12.6%
- #54 The Tavern In the Woods
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Chris J MitchellPub: Motion Forge CG
Windows
"Tavern in the Woods" is a first person, single-player interactive fiction story that blends mystery, storytelling, and supernatural horror. Players explore and investigate an isolated environment as the narrative slowly unfolds, gradually uncovering the truth behind the eerie emptiness.
Why similar: Historical 19.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 18%, Dark 11.3%, Mystery 10.5%
- #55 CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~ REMASTERED
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: ROSEVERTE MYSTERYPub: ROSEVERTE
Windows · Mac · Linux
The supernatural mystery visual novel, "CAFE 0 ~The Sleeping Beast~" returns as a remastered version. Will the maid, Corliss, find out why she died within the 7 days time limit?
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Mystery 16.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #56 時折記 -Tokioriki-
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 綴路工房
Windows
Every person you choose leaves someone else behind. Spend your limited afternoons building relationships, exploring the town, and recording each day in Kanata’s diary—then face timed Shadow Choices as an old book begins to fracture his ordinary life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.4%, Multiple Endings 17.7%, Mystery 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Dark 11.4%
- #57 Parallels: Year One
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Resquita Productions
Windows
Parallels: Year One is a visual novel that will take you on a journey through one relationship in five parallel worlds. Join Ron and Jessica on a journey to see each other from a new perspective.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.3%, Visual Novel 23%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Casual 5%